Book Review: “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is Orchestrating a Coup...
In one concise statement, Dan Kovalik sums up the criminal — if self-serving and for now effective — foreign policy of the U.S. across the planet:
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
While oil is a cyclical commodity, and prices rise and fall over time, this time the decline is structural.
As climate chaos accelerates, governments avert their eyes
The future devastating overheating of our world, as one big problem that must be solved—or else.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 13
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA , Trump cuts FEMA budget to pay for ICE, Midwest abandons Trump, and more.
The unseen threat: Noise in the Arctic marine environment
Increasing levels of underwater noise threaten Arctic whales, seals, fish and other species. A new report offers an opportunity for Arctic nations to lead on the issue.
Greenpeace condemns Japan’s announcement to resume commercial whaling
“Their decision to withdraw is regrettable and Australia urges Japan to return to the Convention and Commission as a matter of priority.”
Bureau of Land Management proposes fracking on 1.6 million acres of federal land in...
"...there's really no question that more fracking would be terrible for California."
Governor of North Dakota: When Trump is president DAPL ‘will get its easement’
“I support the legal completion of this pipeline. Make no mistake, this infrastructure is good for our economy. And it's the safest way to transport North Dakota products."
Medicine residue is everywhere in our rivers and lakes—and fish are behaving strangely
"If people understand that what they’re using and washing down their drains are ending up at their local rivers, streams, lakes, they might think twice. It doesn’t just go away.”
Pruitt, auto industry, and climate deniers retreat behind closed doors to weaken Fuel Efficiency...
The rules they are helping to write will set the industry back, emit more greenhouse gases, and cost American drivers more at the gas pump.